Analyzing Androgynous Characteristics in an Emperor Penguin Courtship Call #ASA186
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)In the emperor penguin courtship call, male vocalizations are composed of long, slow bursts with lower frequency tones than the female version. But calls of SeaWorld San Diego male penguin E-79 defied this binary. Also unusual was this penguin’s male companion, E-81. The pair “kept company” and sometimes exhibited ritual courtship displays.